28 Jan 2025

Women, Ecology and the Global South

This course will discuss key concepts and thinking within feminist ecotheology with special reference to perspectives from the Global South. It will provide a broad overview of the themes and discussions within feminist ecotheology, particularly how these discussions have evolved over time. It will also look at the key discussions being raised by feminist ecotheologians and faith-based activists based in the Global South, exploring how impulses from black, liberation, indigenous and womanist thinking have affected these voices. Read more

4 Feb 2025

in Training

Parish Insurance Seminar, Isle of Wight

PCC members and parish staff are invited to attend a seminar run by EIG insurance. Topics covered will include an overview of insurance cover offered, the importance of insurance, the claims process, and support. Read more

4 Feb 2025

in Training

Parish Insurance Seminar, Portsmouth

PCC members and parish staff are invited to attend a seminar run by EIG insurance. Topics covered will include an overview of insurance cover offered, the importance of insurance, the claims process, and support. This seminar can be joined via Zoom. Read more

13 Feb 2025

in Training

Listening to the Psalms

This course is for anyone who wants discover new and rich ways of encountering the Bible, or wants to learn how to experience church music in deeper ways. No musical experience of any kind is necessary. Read more

10 Mar 2025

in Training

Bishop’s Study Day with Duncan Dormer

Recently-appointed Canon Theologian Duncan Dormer, from mission agency USPG, will lead us in a Study Day at the cathedral. Read more

17 Mar 2025

in Training

Reading Scripture Together: Dangerous Sisters and Daring Sisterhood

In this day where we will be reading scripture together, we will look at the many different faces of biblical sisters: stories of conniving sisters (Lot’s daughters), dangerous sisters (Dina, Tamar), rivalrous sisters (Rachel and Leah), redemptive “sisters” (Ruth and Naomi), and dutiful devoted sisters (Mary and Martha). Together, we will see the variety of ways that biblical literature depicts sisters and we will discuss what wisdom we can draw from these depictions. Read more